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SPINNING JENNY.

No. 578,494. Patented Mar. 9,1897.

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SPINNING JENNY.

No. 578,494 Patented Mar. 9,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. MARSH, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

SPINNING-JENNY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,494, dated March 9, 1897.

Application filed April 13, 1896.

To all whom it may concern: A

Be it known that I, GEORGE HARRISON MARs H,a resident of Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spinning-Jennies, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention isto produce a fiier for a spinning-jenny that may be driven at a very high rate of speed and to distribute the thread evenly on the spool or bobbin, the bobbin not to travel in so doing.

The invention consists of a flier having tubular rods or arms in combination with a supplementary or traveling flier-head having arms or rods which pass through the head of the flier into the tubular arms thereof, in

which they travel when the machine is in operation. One of the arms of the traveling or supplementary head is provided with a pulley or roller which projects through a longitudinal slot in one of the tubular flier-arms and around which the fiber passes onto the bobbin. The piston-like movement of the supplemental arms in the tubular flier-arms distributes the fiber evenly on the bobbin. A frictional device to regulate the tension of the fiber and speed of the bobbin is also included in my improved jenny, and further details of construction and novel combinations, which will be hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claims to be submitted herewith.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters and numerals of reference in the different figures indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a jenny embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of spinning-jenny, showing driving mechanism. Fig. 4 is an end view of frictional device for regulating tension of thread. Fig. 5 is an elevation in section of Fig. 4 on the line 0 0''. Fig. 6 is a sectional plan View through line X X, Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a view in detail of wheels 10, 9, and 10 in Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is an end view of cross-head 8 in Fig. 2, showing the opening to receive the reduced end of the rod y. Fig. 9 is a side view of pinion, shaft, 1

and rack and strap connecting traveling device to the hub of supplementary head P of flier. Fig. 10 is an end of the same. Fig. 11

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is a plan view of rack and pinion. Fig. 12 is a plan of shaft bearing for end of shaft S.

In the drawings, A represents the frame of the jenny. B is a stationary tubular shaft secured in a bearing U. G and D are flier- -heads which are provided with the tubular flier-arms E and F. The tubular flier-arm F is provided with a longitudinal slot. G is a pulley secured to and around the flier-head O, and is driven by a belt from the pulley M on the shaft W. v

The collar of the flier-head C is supported in double bearings a a, which are secured to the framework of the machine, and the pulley G is secured to the collar of the'flier-head 0 between said bearings a a.

A pulley H is secured to one end of a tubular shaft 13, which turns in the collar of the head 0 and carries on its other end a pinion 9, which meshes with and drives the capstan-gears 10 and 10. Said. gears are held in position between the cross-head 8 and inside of flier-head C by bolts 11 and 12.

The thread passes through the tubular shaft 13 and out through an-opening or hole in the center of the pinion 9 and passes thence to and around the capstans and from the capstans to the roller 19, then to the roller g,

which is secured to the traverse-arm of the traverse flier-head P and which projects through an elongated slot in the tubular flierarm which connects the flier-heads O and D, and from said roller (1 it passes onto the bobbin N.

A pulley L is secured to one end of the main driving-shaft Y and is connected with belt to the pulley K on the worm-shaft 7c, and power being communicated to the main driving-shaft Y the pulleys L and K, being connected, drive the vertical shaft S and cause a rack and pinion to operate and communicate the traverse motion to the supplemental traverse-head P and its traverse flier-arms r and j, which reciprocate in the flier-arms E and F, thus distributing the thread, which is represented by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 7, on the spool or bobbin N. I

It is not deemed necessary to show in the drawings any attachment for shipping the belt from loose pulley 4 to the fast driving-pulley 5 on main driving-shaft Y, or vice versa.

The tubular shaft Z turns in the stationary tubular shaft B and passes through the supplemental traverse flier-head P and through the head I) of the flier, and is provided with an enlarged end inside of the flier-head D and with a small engaging pin adapted to engage the head of the bobbin N, by which the said shaft Z is turned.

0 is a friction-disk which is secured to the tubular shaft Z.

The traverse flier-head P is provided with a collar or hub having an annular recess Q. An upright piece Q is provided with a strap on its upper end, which is secured around the collar of the traveling head P in the recess Q, and is secured to the slide or carriage R, which is in turn connected with the rack T. The carriage R is supported on a longitudinal stationary railV, which passes through it and is secured to the framework of the machine. The traversing motion may be imparted to the carriage R in any suitable manner; and the carriage B being connected with the traverse-head P, which is provided with the traverse flier-rods r and j, the traversing motion is imparted to them. In the drawings said motion is imparted to the carriage R by means of the rack T, which is connected with the carriage. Gearing with this rack T is a pinion V, carried on the end of a shaft S, stepped in a bracket on the'frame of the machine and extending loosely through a guide w, which is provided with a slot to, which permits the shaft to oscillate around its step as a center.

Mounted on the shaft S is a gear a, which meshes with a worm m on the shaft 70, which is driven from the shaft Y.

The bobbin N is carried by the rod y, which passes through the bearings 19, secured to the frame of the machine, and through the tubular shaft Z and bobbin N. The inner end of the rod 3 being reduced in size, passes into an opening of the cross-head 8,which forms a bearing therefor.

Alever y is secured to the outside of the bearing 79 and which can be raised and lowered for the purpose of removing the rod y or to prevent it from getting out of position.

The frictional device represented in Figs. 4 and 5 consists of the cup-wheel O and the inside balance-weight O, which is provided with a projecting portion 1 and a recess in each side, in which areplaced balls or rollers 2 and 3, which come in contact with the inside of the rim of the wheel and turn when the wheel revolves. The projecting portion 1 of the balance-weight forms a shoulder, on the top of which the levert rest-s. The lever 25 is secured to the frame U and may be held down on the said projecting shoulder of the inside balance-weight O by means of the weight it pressing down upon lever t.

The inside balance-weight O and the wheel 0 are both placed on the tubular shaft Z, the wheel 0 being secured to said shaft by a screw; but the opening in the inner balanceweight is larger than the hole in the wheel in order to permit the balance-weight to swing or oscillate a little. The size of this inner weight will depend upon the amount of friction required. The right-hand end of said shaft WV is provided with a bevel-gear t.

A shaft Y is suitably mounted in bearings on the ends of the framework of the machine, and on said shaft is secured a bevel-gear 'i, which meshes with the bevel-geart' on the end of the shaft WV.

The pulleys H and G are driven by belts from corresponding pulleys I and M, which are secured to the shaft XV.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The slivers come into the machine from the left and are taken from a chain (not shown) and through nippers (not shown) in the usual way to the flier, where they are twisted into a thread and laid onto the bobbin, the bobbin remainin g in the same position while in revolution, that is, not traveling, and the thread being distributed evenly thereon by means of the traverse mechanism hereinbefore described. Instead of operating on slivers the machine is equally applicable to the twisting of threads that are taken from reels through a perforated plate in the usual manner for the purpose of doubling the strands.

My machine is equally applicable to ropeforming machines, &c., and by the term jenny I wish toembrace all analogous machinery.

WVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a flier, tubular flier-rods extending through one head of the flier, in combination with a supplemental traverse flier-head provided with flier-arms constructed to travel back and forth in the tubular flier-arms, a roller secured to each of said traverse flierarms and projecting through a longitudinal slot in tubular flier-arms, to distribute the fiber on the bobbin, the traverse motion being communicated to the supplemental traversehead by means of a rack and pinion, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with a jenny and in echanism for operating the same, of a cup-shaped friction-wheel, a rotary tubular shaft,to which said friction-wheel is secured, a spool onto which thread is wound, said tubular shaft being provided with means to engage one head of spool to cause said spool and tubular shaft to revolve together, a spindle on which said tubular shaft and spool turn, a balance-weight loosely mounted on said tubular shaft inside of said friction wheel, rollers in recesses formed in sides of said balance-weight, proj ectin g slightly beyond the edges thereof and running on the inside of the rim of the friction-wheel, said balance-weight provided with a projecting central portion the top thereof forming a shoulder, and a lever attached to the framework of the machine and resting on said shoulder, and a weight on the outer end of said lever to hold it down on said shoulder,

' substantially as shown and described and for the purposes specified.

3. In a spinning-j enny, a flierhavin g rotary heads, with tubular flier-rods provided with a longitudinal slot, and extending through to the outer face of one of said heads, in combination with a stationary tubular shaft secured to framework of machine, to serve as a bear-.

ing for one of the flier-heads and for a supplementary traverse flier-head, a supplementary rotary traverse flier-head, provided with a grooved collar mounted to rotate and travel on said stationary tubular shaft, and having flier-rods to fit into and to travel back and forth in thetubular flier-rods, rollers around which the thread passes secured to said traverse flier-rods and extending through the slots in the tubular flier-rods, to distribute the thread on the spool, said stationary tubular shaft also serving as a bearing for a revolving tubular shaft, such a revolving tubular shaft extending through the stationary tubular shaft and head proper of the flier, and having an enlarged end inside of said flier-head and provided with means for engaging head of spool, a spool, a spindle mounted on the frame of machine and passing through the rotary shaft inside of stationary tubular shaft, and

through the spool, a carriage supported on a longitudinal rail, a strap connecting said carriage to acollar on the supplemental traverse flier-head and means for imparting the traversing motion to said carriage and traverse flier-head, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes specified.

4. In a spinning-j enny, a flier having rotary heads and tubular flier-arms in combination with a supplemental rotary traverse flier-head having flier-rods, extending into the tubular rods of the flier, and a stationary tubular shaft on which the supplemental traverse flier-head rotates and travels substantially as shown and described and for the purposes specified. 

